i am...

... an indie business owner slash entrepreneur slash graphic designer trying to find my way (emphasis on MY, not way) to earn a living and do it beautifully. you can find my wares at upupcreative.com or on etsy. i'm also a designer for snapfish and minted.

... a former college teacher and ph.d. student (in english) with a thing for words and a need to speak the truth

... mom to evan (who turned four in june '11 and who cracks me up, frustrates me, and amazes me on a daily basis) and emily (who is the sweetest baby ever ever ever - she will be 2 in december '11)

... married to a lawyer. enough said? nah... i'm just kidding. married to brian (who is awesome and just happens also to be a lawyer) for six years as of june 2011.

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Sunday, November 21, 2010

just set the space heater in my attic studio for four hours, which means i've got about five hours to work before i'm calling it quits for the day. everything is so busy these days i feel like i'm on a treadmill sometimes -- if you repeat the word work over and over in a drony voice it sort of even sounds like a treadmill, doesn't it? workworkworkworkworkwork... try it with me.

i did find time yesterday to spend a little time with my mom and sister -- they force me to stop working once a month or so to meet them for lunch and, often, some window shopping.

at the shop we visited yesterday i saw a stationery set by a woman i know (an online acquaintance only, i still consider her a friend) and it threw a lot of what i do into perspective for me. if i want to have my friends in far-distant places to see my stuff in their local curio shops, there are some things i need to do a bit differently. i need to spend less time on the treadmill and more time constructing a ramp.

today i've got a few treadmill-type things to do, but then i'm getting out my blueprints and my hammer and nails and getting to work on that ramp. perhaps i'll build a halfpipe? that would make my husband pretty happy, metaphorically and literally.